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July 3, 1935
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Headlines from July 3, 1935
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JERSEY IN REVOLT OVER ITS SALES TAX; Protests Pile Up and New Suit Is Filed as Levy Is Defied and Merchants Plan Fight. REPEAL GROUP IS FORMED Test Is Set for Tuesday In State-Wide Muddle -- Levy on Meals Storm Centre. JERSEY IN REVOLT OVER ITS SALES TAX
Refuses to pay State sales tax on restaurant meals
BREWSTER MAKES CHARGE; Threat to Block Maine Project Laid by Him to Corcoran of RFC. ACTION FORCED BY BYRNS 'Grave Matter' Warrants Investigation, Speaker Rules, Halting Opposition. SENATE INQUIRY ASKED Black, Utility Foe, Offers a Resolution, Which Is Sent to Wheeler's Committee. BREWSTER ACCUSES RFC AIDE OF THREAT
Defends T G Corcoran from charges of Repr Brewster
HOUSE PASSES OWN BILL; Acts 323 to 81 After Its Record Vote Rejects 'Death Sentence.' THREE TESTS DURING DAY On Each the Administration's Support for Senate Measure Dwindles in Numbers. CONFERENCE IS NEXT AIM Unless 'Decent Bill' Is Evolved the Legislation Will Die, Says Senator Wheeler. PRESIDENT BEATEN ON UTILITIES BILL
makes point of order in House debate
Notable Births
1935Cheo Feliciano, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (died 2014)[†]
Cheo Feliciano was a Puerto Rican singer and composer of salsa and bolero music. Feliciano was the owner of a recording company called "Coche Records". He was the first tropical singer to perform at the "Amira de la Rosa Theater" in Barranquilla, Colombia, and in 1987 he played the role of Roberto Clemente's father in the musical Clemente.
1935Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, astronaut, and politician. Twelfth man to walk on the moon.[†]
Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, and former U.S. senator from New Mexico. He is the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon.
Notable Deaths
1935André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (born 1878)[†]
André-Gustave Citroën was a French industrialist and the founder of French automaker Citroën. He is also remembered for his application of double helical gears.